Netdiver Mag

/ Surfacing the creative culture
since '98

Terrific pixego

Love these awesome illustrated vignettes of buildings – vehicles or landscapes by pixego. The perspective + night renders are terrific!

blindSALIDA is??

Yann Sadi, blindSALIDA, is a former Art Director turned illustrator who has garnered a string of high visibility international commissions.

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Top precision and attention to details.

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Whimsical worlds

Welcome to the whimsical 3d virtual worlds of Rutger Paulusse aka gwer. His ability to fit in so many information and shapes in such finite spaces is none but jaw-dropping.

Check his portfolio!

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Stand-alone stories. Check!

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Multi-planes designs. Check!

LUV drawing / #2

Illustration is probably the largest creative area to express (mostly without words) a message. Application media are endless.

Recent extraordinary 3D (+1 flat) finds:

Hit link to view hi-res.

Building a Base by Luke Siemens

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Go! by Jacob Eisinger

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Coffee time by R4DN

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Sweet character by Zutto.

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X is for extremely xcited! Collab by Dennis Tiege + Jacob Eisinger

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Fame by Mete Yafet

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Ambrosia by Alessio Devecchi

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Party as One key visuals alternatives by Fizah Rahim & Rezaliando aka Machineast

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18-12-2015 / Bones by Grigori Shevtso

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13.1.2016 – Proto by Beau Wright aka aspenexcel

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‘Soliton’ EP Artwork [gif’d] by 5tr33t2

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Merry Xmas (/15) my friends!!! by Stylow

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Masked by Gutless Wonder

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「Geometries in Flat Spaces #1」by HERMITS

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Mr. Big Smile says hello to Monday by Dionisus K aka One Hour Gallery

Deep Dives

Now what do you know? This poster series – Deep Dives – created, staged and designedd by Zim & Zou – are paper sculptures!

Minutia in details. Masterly crafted.

Davide Bonazzi

Davide Bonazzi is a freelance illustrator based in Bologna (Italy) – working mostly for editorial commissions. His style combines digital and mixed media with textures of scanned found objects.

Extraordinary story-teller.

Max Reyes

Books can take you places by Max Reyes

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Illustration narrating how books can trigger one’s imagination and take him/her to places. Personal work.

What a beautifully illustrated concept. I love books and indeed – one can visit unknown places and spaces.

Excellent work.

Search for inspiration and/or talent in Netdiver Mag.

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/ Tools we use

 

Affinity suite

Affinity Suite

Our little studio owned Adobe Master Suites—invoking security issues our perpetual licenses were nulled. Undone? No!

I can open all .pdf, .psd or .ai files in the Affinity apps and the UI/UX is so gorgeous!

See for yourself: test the Affinity suite. Works on all platforms + iPad for—6 MONTHS FREE!

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Proton Mail

Proton Mail

Connected to the internet's origins, building the internet of the future. We’re building ways to help everyone fight for privacy online. I am a big fan of their services.

Try a month free!

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DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo?

What a strange name for an independent Internet privacy company. Contrary to G/ who records every instance of their services useage with DDG, no recording of your data, EVER!!!

We use it everyday.

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Obsidian app

Obsidian

This private (free) app I use daily for taking notes or writing. Back up to the cloud for multi-devices access. Runs locally.

Deep and complex.

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Carole's Instagram

I paint abstract with pretty colours ~ I play with mobile apps to create unique generative art.

Look 'Ma no AI.

feed your eyes

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Communication Arts

Communication Arts 24-25—calls for entries.

Interactive — October 25/24
Illustration — Jan 10/25
Photography — March 7/25
Design — May 2/25

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Smashing Mag

The Smashing Conferences explore real-life projects, workflows and hands-on insights.

SmashingConf - Antwerp
Upcoming: Oct 28-31/24

SmashingConf - Workshops
Online: check dates.

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AIGA

AIGA call for submissions

AIGA’s competitions celebrate exemplary design and demonstrate the power of effective design.

50 Books | 50 Covers: February 26 / 24

365: AIGA Year in Design February 26 / 24

 

Alt Summit

Alt Summit 2024.

It is a conference and a community of thousands of women influencers and entrepreneurs in creative fields.

Upcoming: March 17-20 / 24

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YWFT

YouWorkForThem — Good design needs good fonts! YWFT is privately owned and run by designers.

Rocking it since 2001.

/ Highlighted talents

 

They LUV design! #13

Mind-blowing visual feats and original designs I recently discovered.

Previously: #12 - #11 - #10 - #9 - #8 - #7 - #6 - #5 - #4 - #3 - #2 - #1

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They LUV drawing! #3

Illustration is probably the largest creative area to express (mostly without words) a message.

Previously: #1 - #2

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A type of Show #5 – I love typography - these projects caught my eye.

Previously: #4 - #3 - #2 - #1

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Moodboards #1 – Branding collaterals staged and served with conceptual brilliance.

 

/ About us?

 

A little (www) Story. In 1995, JF and I started a little project — Netdiver mag.

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Editorials by Carole Guevin

Editorials. Design topics or issues that have impacted me and/or our creative industry. .

Over 50 articles.

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Kuvva interview

Kuvva interview

A short interview on how to build a strong portfolio + self-promotion.

 

Netdiver Mag

#ISSN 1911-866X

Carole Guevin

Carole Guevin is a founder + editor + design curator ∞ culture creator + online pioneer ∞ featuring the creative culture since '98.

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No hype — just beautiful

Reach my inbox °

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Netdiver review galleries

/ Design inspiration

Netdiver long-standing mini visuals (200 x 115 px) galleries. Each lead to its review. Happy talent discovery!

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/ Illustration

Vast array of drawing styles
404 reviews

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/ Imaginative

Conceptual designs standing out
358 reviews

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/ Industrial

Products / packaging design / spaces +
333 reviews

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/ Motion

Brilliant storyboards / motion / vfx
286 reviews

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/ Photography

Some of the sharpest eyes shooting today
210 reviews

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/ Portfolios

New wave of design / interactive / mobile stars
552 reviews

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/ Powagirrrls

Women who rock the design scene with _more_ than pink design
391 reviews

/ Insider info

 

Visual Brain Gravity

Visual Brain Gravity is a producer and developer of concepts, products and brand experiences.

Driven by vision.

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Special Feature issues

Special Feature issues

Self-curation experiment coupled with minimalist interviews with people in the design industry I admire.

By invitation only

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Netdiver Mag is sweet

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Netdiver Best of the Year

Best Of The Year (BOTY)

Netdiver Best of the Year is a yearly compilation of projects / talents who made a lasting impression the previous year.

/ 2016 edition

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Netdiver Vintage

Netdiver Vintage edition

What was new in design worldwide—sort of a very unofficial record of web history as captured from {1998 - 2007}.

Over 2.3k+ projects.

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Netdiver static

Walk down memory lane: hand-coded news in design from 1998-2008.

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Netdiver Mag is sweet

Terrific product or service or event and wanna reach a fabulous international audience?

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Dates soon.

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